In Transit

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A close friend of mine used to always say “I love the car ride to school(high school back then) because, you can’t do anything, you just get time to think”.

To be honest I would have to agree with Kendrick, there is nothing quite like being in transit, whether its physically or metaphorically or whatever, there is just something beautiful and peaceful in the fact that everything is changing around you and all you can really do is enjoy the ride.

Thanks to Caroline, I had the pleasure of coming home this last weekend. Before we left I had this grandiose plan about all the work I was going to do in the car, the lectures I was going to watch, the notes I was going to review and the reading I was going to catch up on. These however quickly came tumbling down because, there is no denying the fact that when in transit your heart is in the conclusion and that cripples whatever little motivation has to do work in the present tense.

It’s kind of paradoxical though when you think about it, to get to the future, you have to live in the present. I guess that’s why teleportation hasn’t been invented yet, its just too instantaneous. We as humans still need the drag and the grind to understand and appreciate the destination.

And man did I ever enjoy going home. There is nothing better than being hugged by people who get you and who are such an instrumental part of your life, nothing like eating at home and tucking your mother in, and there is certainly nothing like driving. Man did I miss that!

Anyway, back to the point. My life, the life of aundre, or whatever is moving and its dragging me along, many times quite unwillingly, to a future that is not only unsure, but also not what I expected. I expected college life, to be this time of absolute highs, amazing times free of regulation where I could really see what I was made of. But i suppose the journey had lots more speed bumps than I anticipated.

Dont get me wrong, I am having a magnificent time. There is nothing quite like being in a place you know nothing about, ready to begin living the adventure, where everyday is fresh and surprising.

I just pray that as I continue, I remember my trip home and that it is in many ways much like the life I am experiencing now, it may at times seem unbearably long, be awkward, be uncomfortable, and it might also be fun, filling(five guys in ocala)(yup i just did a shout out! Five Guys rocks), and just what you need to catch up. Either way, it brings you to the destination, eventually, and reveals to you all the majesty of the life that has been planned for you from before the world was formed.

Although we are always dragged kicking and screaming into change, it is the one of the only constants in this life. So heck we better get used to it right?